The US appears to be increasing its intervention in African countries to restrict the operations of Chinese mining companies, highlighting the need for China to secure a stable supply chain for critical minerals through enhanced collaboration with alternative mineral suppliers. The US has just intervened in the sale...more

The US is seeing "some meaningful steps" from China to assist it to resolve its fentanyl crisis, but there is a lot more to do, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Friday, citing a senior US official. In the story entitled "China is finally starting to do...more

The old saying "people will vote with their feet" is again being heard in the US. The phrase simply means that people who are not happy with something will walk away from it. The "it" in this case refers to joining the military. Congress, keenly aware that America's...more

China's semiconductor sales jumped 24.2 percent year-on-year in May, according to data from the US-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Chinese experts said on Monday that the data again show that China has formed a mature chip processing industry based on the country's huge demand from the downstream industry....more

After enduring more than a decade of criminal detention, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, finally reached an agreement with the US Justice Department, "acknowledging" his involvement in the crime of espionage but at the same time regaining his freedom. Many may recall that Assange, through WikiLeaks, repeatedly...more

Editor's Note: The US has always crowed over its "achievement" of being the world's largest foreign aid donor. However, US foreign aid has, in fact, usually been based on maximizing the country's own interests, disregarding the practical interests and long-term development of the recipient developing countries and regions....more

The US Department of State released the 2023 International Religious Freedom Report on Wednesday. This is the 25th International Religious Freedom Report issued by the US since 1999. As always, the US has singled out some countries for special attention and observation, with the actual intention of naming...more

As US President Joe Biden's "disastrous" performance at the Thursday debate sparked Democratic nominee replacement discussion, Chinese experts said this reflects public concerns about the aging of US presidential candidates, as well as the deep-seated contradictions in the US between the elites and the general public. Divisions within...more

One of the prime tools of the US economic strategy these days is foreign trade tariffs. The country that used to be a resolute champion of free trade is now very persistent in protecting its domestic markets from foreign competition. The explicitly protectionist approach to international trade goes...more

After Joe Biden and Donald Trump faced each other again on Thursday night local time, the Democratic Party went into panic, and Biden's credibility began to waver. Most mainstream media outlets in the US are Democratic strongholds, but they are all lamenting the president's performance. CNN's headline reads...more

As the US space industry recently faced yet more delays and stagnation with key components including manned spacecraft and space suits "going wrong," NASA has once again resorted to its "sour grapes" rhetoric upon seeing China's successful retrieval of fresh lunar soils from the far side of the...more

As the US grapples with a series of crises in the Middle East and Eurasia, its Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Africa. He is expected to visit Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Angola, in an attempt to prove "the US is a key partner...more

I had an interesting conversation with a senior government official in China when I was writing my first book, Powerful, Different, Equal: Overcoming the Misconceptions and Differences between China and the US. I made the observation that most people think of China as not being a democracy, whereas...more

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden will meet on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco, California. The meeting comes amid several high-profile visits between the two sides in recent weeks. At first glance, these encounters indicate that relations are headed...more

San Francisco is garnering growing attention this November as Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel there from November 14 to 17 for a China-US summit and the 30th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting at the invitation of the US. Expectations around the globe toward this meeting have been high,...more